Improvement in chain-link clamps



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@Ax A Patented Feb. 8,1876.

UNITED STATES PATENTQEEIc'E;l L

AUGUSTUS J. GOUEDIEE, 0E ATTLEBoRoUeH, MASSACHUSETTS, -ASSIGNOE To SAMUEL S. eUiNoDo, OESAME PLAGE. Y

IMPROVEMENT IN CHAIN-LINK CLAMPS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent-No. 173,166, dated February 8, 1876; application filed i i January 6, 1876.

ing drawings, lforming a part hereof.

My invention relates chiefly to ornamental chains, such as are used for watches; and it consists ina metal cross-piece or clamp, as hereinafter particularly described, the ends of .the arms ot' which are turned or hooked into The ends of the links of the chain, which are arranged about an interior supportiiig-piece, whereby the said links are clamped tightly togetlier Withoutthe use of Solder, while, at the saine time, the groups of links thus clamped may be linked together.

Figure l shows a chain embodying' my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 show tlievclainp in two stages of its manufacture, and Fig. 4 showsthe' clamp with its ends hooked inward, as upon y the chain.

A is the clamp. This may be convenient-ly struck from a dat piece'of suitable ineta1,in the form shown in Fig. 2,1with the radiating 'arms a adapted in number and locality to the number of tlielinks to be clamped together.

By'means ot' suitable machinery it is then given the form shown in Fig. 3, its arms being rounded and bent downward into aclaw shape. I prefer to thus strike the clamp from one piece of metal, as it makes it stronger thairif form-ed of two pieces of metal, .or two Wires' or bars joined together, while, at the same time, it isless expensive.

B is a group of links b, which are arranged l any desired number of sides; or it may be` given an ornamental appearance by being made as a spii'ahas shown in the drawings. A clamp, A, is placed upon the end of one of these groups of links, and the ends of the arms .preterably by means of a suitable machine, are turned or hooked inward into the ends ot' the links b, which said ends project beyond the ends of the core-piece c, as shown. A clamp, A, Ais then placed in the same manner upon the opposite end of the links b, the'eiids of the clamp being similarly turned or Ahooked inward. A iirinly-joined and iinished group of links is thus formed without the use of solder, and, while being highly ornamental in appearance, it is not so liable to become broken or separated as when joined with sold er.'

The group of links thusv formed and bound together may-be used asa bai' for'an ornamental chain, as shown at B', 4or the several groups may be connected together'v by small loops or links d, which engage with the clamps at their curved ends, as shown, The entire chain may thus be put together` Without the use' ot solder.

Whatl claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters- Patent, isg

The combination, with theflinks 11,'liai-'ingv the interior supporting-piece c, of the clamp` A, as described, and for the purpose specified. y AUGUSTUS J. GrOURDIER.

Witnesses: THOS. G. SANDLAND, BRAD. A. BENNETT. 

